A parent-adolescent intervention to increase sexual risk communication: results of a randomized controlled trial.
This article reports results of a randomized controlled trial designed to test an intervention to increase parent-adolescent sexual risk communication among Mexican parents. Data were analyzed from parents (n = 791) randomly assigned to an HIV risk reduction or health promotion intervention. Measures were administered at pretest, posttest, and 6- and 12-month follow-ups. Generalized estimation equation (GEE) analysis indicates parents in the HIV risk reduction intervention reported significantly more general communication (p < .005), more sexual risk communication (p < .001) and more comfort with communication (p < .001) than parents in the control intervention. Behavioral, normative, and control beliefs significantly mediated the effect of the intervention on all communication outcomes. This study demonstrates the efficacy of an intervention to increase the quality and quantity of parent-adolescent communication related to general and sex-specific communication.
Villarruel
Antonia M
AM
University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0482, USA. avillarr@umich.edu
Cherry
Carol Loveland
CL
Cabriales
Esther Gallegos
EG
Ronis
David L
DL
Zhou
Yan
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012725:Sexual Behavior